9 Horror TV Show Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

Sometimes, making shots that go the extra mile aren't quite as easy as sticking an actor on a table and telling them to crack themselves in half. Penny Dreadful epitomises this with its eminently disturbing seance scene, in which Eva Green's Vanessa Ives is possessed and bends backwards to an alarming degree to creep out a room full of wealthy visitors. Despite the realism of the moment lending to its terrifying nature, it's actually comprised of three different shots cleverly stitched back together again, with the main bulk of her bending coming from a green screen contraption that allows her to lie straight back without damaging her back.

Truthfully, if it was up to Eva Green, she likely would have gone for it no matter the complications, since she went full method actor for her time leaning into Vanessa's psychotic breaks throughout the series. Incredibly - and painfully - the bruises visible on screen are all caused by her own failing when she's been possessed in the show.

And if all the intensity of a TV show that boils down the concept of weekly Penny Dreadful magazines into one giant smorgasbord of classic literature from Dracula to Frankenstein didn't quite seem dark enough, it might be due to the show being born from a conversation in a queue for Disneyland. Now that's scary.